prototyping foresight
Foresight prototypes are site-specific thinking instruments to decode future drivers impacting your space and future-proof your decisions.
Why do you need foresight for spatial decisions?
Most plans and policies are built on past or current data. Life in the built environment is constantly changing and is influenced by culture, social values, the economy, ecology, and technology.
Foresight allows you to make decisions for the future. One size really does not fit all; that's why our prototypes are specifically created to answer your questions in your location.
the “vibe check”
A topical sentiment analysis reveals underlying feelings in public discourse, pointing to the drivers behind urban phenomena.
Example: Why are there so many empty stores on the commercial street in the neighbourhood?
the “vibe check” map
Using data scraping, machine learning, and counter-mapping to reveal where people experience emotions and needs, and how behaviours manifest
Example: Where do people feel unsafe in Noord-Holland?)
scenario prototypes
We work with you on plausible futures as immersive, designed experiments. You get a set of divergent, coherent futures you can walk into, test decisions against, and use to decide on a path forward.
Do you need to know what the future holds?
Get in touch with us
Thank you!
lab@urbanfutureslab.co
Gevers Deynootweg 2, Den Haag, 2586 BL, NL
urban futures lab, VOF, 97076031